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Don’t miss them! 12:30 Caillou 1:00 Peep & the Big Wide World Read-a-roo’s Block Party Clifford the Big Red Dog RIDDLE ME THIS, XAVIER RIDDLE (weekends, until 4 PM) 1:30 Martha Speaks Where Are the Women Presidents? 2:00 Sesame Street DV 2:30 Daniel Tiger’s Celebrate girl power with the new, hour-long special, Neighborhood DV Xavier Riddle & the Secret Museum: I Am Madam 3:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific President. Shocked to discover no women 4:00 The Cat in the Hat have been United States presidents Knows a Lot About That 4:30 Dinosaur Train DV yet, Yadina travels to meet some 5:00 Let’s Go Luna of history’s boldest women 5:30 Nature Cat and learns how she can do 6:00 Wild Kratts something that’s never been 7:00 Xavier Riddle done before. Watch on Rootle and on 7:30 Molly of Denali our 24/7 stream at unctv.org/rootle! 8:00 Odd Squad 8:30 Arthur DV 9:00 Ready Jet Go! 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